IRC Heading for Indonesia
Ten specialist members are heading out to Indonesia today. All members are volunteers comprising three female members from Scotland, Norwich and London, and seven male members from Scotland, Liverpool, Blyth, Penrith and Beverley.
The team will taking with them vital search equipment including a camera system which can be fed into the rubble, heat seeking devices, sound location devices and sensor equipment to pick up exhaled breath in a confined space.
They will be leaving London Heathrow T3 at 1200 hrs BST today (2nd October) on flight MH3 to Kuala Lumpur, and onward to Jakarta on flight MH711.